I made this card for a good friend whose birthday falls on the 23rd of December. Like me, she has a sweet tooth and I had no problems whatsoever deciding on a theme for her card. The season is full of sweet things and so what better excuse to use the pre-coloured gingerbread man image and patterned paper from the PickNix Gingerbread Twist CD. I've been eyeing these pre-coloured images in this CD because they look good enough to eat! As an added bonus, they really do make light work of a card, if you're short on time (or ideas!)

I did not go out of my way to ignore all things Christmassy simply because my friend is a huge fan of the season and of gingerbread men.

Here's what I've come up with:

The image and green plaid patterned paper are from the Gingerbread Twist CD. I just added some lace, brads and twine from my stash to jazz things up.

Here's a close-up of the pre-coloured image. Isn't he just delicious! I poked a couple of holes on the present, threaded some twine over the box and tired a bow for a 3-D effect. For the greeting I used tiny alpha stamps from my local office supply. store.

The card is flat for easy mailing.

I also adhered a sentiment from the Gingerbread Twist CD and made some room for a personal message.

Although the Gingerbread Twist CD is essentially about Christmas, there are quite a few images, sentiments and other accessories that can be used to create birthday cards and friendship cards. It's quite a versatile collection.

Stop by at the rest of the Design Team and and be inspired by their lovely creations for this week's Challenge. And then show us what you come up with to make a birthday at this time special. Remember, the winner walks away with a cool prize!

Now that is a great holiday birthday card! My sister's birthday is mid-December, and my mom always made a HUGE deal about not combining it with Christmas, to the point where she would re-wrap gifts people brought in Christmas paper. She's put the tree up on her birthday for years now ;PLove the pre-coloured digis myself - every now & then you just NEED TO BE FASTER :)

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I live near the sea in Portugal, with my sweet hubby. We have 3 loving furbabies - Peanut, a Doxie-Podengo rescue, Charlie, a yellow Lab rescue and Richard Parker, an all-black boy-cat. Over the years we've lost members of our furry family: André (14), Rosie (13), Snoopy (9), Turtle Joe (27) and Xiara (13). God speaks when tails wag and hearts purr... and how richly He has blessed us!